The Influence of Photoperiod on the Action of Exogenous Leptin on Gene Expression of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Their Receptors in the Thoracic Perivascular Adipose Tissue (PVAT) in Ewes

Table 1

Experiment scheme.

No.	Group	Number of animals	Experimental factor	LPS dose (ng/kg of body mass)	Leptin dose (μg/kg of body mass)
Experiment 1: short-day period
1	Control (C)	6	NaCl	0	0
2	LPS	6	LPS	400	0
3	LEP	6	Leptin	0	20
4	LPS+LEP	6	LPS+leptin injected 30 min after LPS	400	20
Experiment 2: long-day period
5	Control (C)	6	NaCl	0	0
6	LPS	6	LPS	400	0
7	LEP	6	Leptin	0	20
8	LPS+LEP	6	LPS+leptin injected 30 min after LPS	400	20